Improvement in ladiesj muffs



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

THOMAS EOKERT, OF N EW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN LADIES MUFFS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 55,260, dated June 5, 1866.

' use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1. represents a perspective view of this invention, partly in section, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal central section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondin g parts.

Thisinvention consists, chiefly, in combining with a mutt' au air-valve thro-ugh which it may be intlated with air to take the place and subserve the purpose of the ordinary stuir'tin g of wool, wadding, or other brous material.

vIn order to keep the muti' in shape, metal rings are attached to its ends, and the fur is made to extend all round the air-chamber to increase the warming power of the muft'.

A represents amuif, which is provided with an air-tight chamber, a., made of india-rubber, cloth, or other flexible material. A suitable air-valve,b,secured in one end of the air-chamber, serves to inflate the same, or by opening said valve the air contained in the chamber a can be forced out and the chamber can be made to collapse in a small space. Said airchamber'i'orms an annular cylinder which is covered with fur on the inside and outside, and also on its ends, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and in order to keep it in shape rings c, of steel or other suitable material, are applied to its ends under the fur. Theinterior of the mutt' is lined with silk in the ordinary manner.

By inilating thel air-chamber a a stuffing for the mutt' is obtained capable of keeping the hands as warm as the usual stutng, and theair-stufiing is not liable to form into lumps and crumple up, as is the case with stufn g of the ordinary kind. v

Furthermore, when the mutt' is not used, by expelling the air from the air-chamber it can be put up in a comparatively small compass, and when it is to be used by iniiating the airchamber mo're or less it can be adjusted for hands of different size.

My muff can be made iull as cheap as ordinary muiis, it is equally as warm or warmer, it is more durable and'less liable to get out of shape, and when not used it can be pnt up in a small compass.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent- As a new article of manufacture, a mnff constructed with an air-chamber, a, hoops c, and iihiiating-valve b, as and for the purposes speci- THOMAS EGKERT.

Witnesses:

M. M. LivINGsToN, 0. L. E. ToPLIEE. 

